Martinu/ Tsallagova/ Dierkes - Short Operas Fulfilled By FYE Bill Black was a Memphis-based

Bill Black was a Memphis-based bass player and entertainer

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Martinu/ Tsallagova/ Dierkes - Short Operas Fulfilled By FYE Bill Black was a Memphis-basedMartinu is a musical chameleon. On the one hand, there's an unmistakable from to his output, on the other hand, he would adopt and adapt just about any style that happened to be en vogue or to his liking. These two one act operas, presented on record for the first time in their respective versions, are a case in point. There's that cracking little shocker that is Knife Tears (in it's original French version), in which Martinu set an absurdist libretto